期刊
PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR
卷 134, 期 -, 页码 42-48出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.04.014
关键词
L-Menthone; Antidepressant; Unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS); NLRP3 inflammasome; Cytokines; Neurotransmitters
资金
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions [60]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK2011630]
L-Menthone (MTN) is a Chinese old remedy extracted from the genus Mentha. It has been widely used as a cooling agent and a counterirritant for pain relief, although its antidepressant-like effects have not yet been reported. The present study was designed to investigate whether MTN confers an antidepressant-like effect in mice exposed to unpredictable chronic mild stress (UCMS) and to explore its potential mechanisms. The effects of MTN on mouse behavioral changes were investigated in our study. We determined the levels of the nucleotide binding, oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome, inflammatory cytokines and neurotransmitters in the hippocampus of mice. Behavioral tests, including the sucrose preference test (SPT), open field test (OFT), forced swimming test (FST) and tail suspension test (TST) revealed that MTN (15 and 30 mg/kg) treatments for 3 weeks alleviated the depression symptoms of UCMS in mice. Mice receiving MTN treatments exhibited reduced levels of NLRP3 and caspase-1. Moreover, MTN treatments reversed the UCMS-induced alterations in the concentrations of neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE) and serotonin (5-HT) and inhibited the expression of pro-inflammatory cytolcines (PLC) interleukin (1)-1 beta, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in the hippocampus of mice. Taken together, our findings suggested that MTN may play a potential antidepressant-like role in the UCMS mouse model by regulating the NLRP3 inflammasome and mediating inflammatory cytokines and central neurotransmitters, which together provide insight towards the development of novel therapeutic treatments for depression. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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